Paging John Arquilla & David Ronfeldt
[ by Charles Cameron — on the West Coast ]
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Sources:
John Arquilla, Killer Swarms RT, East coast of US braces for billions-strong cicada swarm
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Exodus 10. 3-6:
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day.
Qur’an, 7. 133:
So We let loose upon them the flood and the locusts, the lice and the frogs, the blood, distinct signs; but they waxed proud and were a sinful people.
And the Eastern seaboard of the US is way more sinful than the ill-reputed West?
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For a different view, we turn to Basho. Here are the earlier and later forms of one of his poems:
Source:
Eleanor Kerkham, ed., Matsuo Bashô’s Poetic Spaces: Exploring Haikai Intersections
May 10th, 2013 at 1:09 am
a delightful post. john’s article was very good. for those who want to read about our concept of swarming, and how it may differ from a cicada’s, i recently compiled our references into a post here:
http://twotheories.blogspot.com/2013/04/past-writings-about-swarming-and-future.html
onward.
May 10th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Thanks, David.
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The link to your summary of posts is much appreciated.